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How to pronounce tamp in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pack, tamp down
Type of compact, compress, pack together
Derivation tamper


tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso.
Type Words
Synonyms tamper, tamping bar
Type of tool
Has types stemmer

Examples of tamp

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Cover the corms with an inch of soil, replace the wedge of turf, tamp and water.
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At that point, others intervene to restore needed order, to tamp down the chaos.
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He says he won't run around trying to tamp down talk of winning a national title.
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The only garages that tamp down rates belong to the Pittsburgh Parking Authority.
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Services may vary depending on which money managers or TAMP providers are chosen.
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Bread and circuses aren't enough to tamp down democratic aspirations after all.
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Gently tamp each layer with the eraser end of a pencil to prevent air pockets.
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These issues, critics say, could tamp the long-term growth of Islamic finance.
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The illusionist has to tamp out the cigarettes and start his prep over again.
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More examples
  • A tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
  • Tamp down: press down tightly; "tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso"
  • A tamper is a device used to compact or flatten an aggregate or other powdered or granular material, typically to make it resistant to further compression or simply to increase density. ...
  • Tamaulipas (u00A0tamauu02C8lipasu00A0(helpu00B7info)), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas (English: Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas), is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria. The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico.
  • To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected; To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place
  • (tamped) pounded hard; packed down
  • (Tamped) Tapped or pushed down to fill a space or make level.
  • (Tamping) act of pressing ground coffee into filter basket.
  • Tamping basically means pack. In the coffee industry, tamping is the technique that is utilized during espresso making. While the grounds are in the portafilter, the barista packs the grounds with a tamper to a specific pressure to ensure maximum extraction of caffeine from the beans. ...